A Boreham woman has shared her disgust after she found something gruesome on her plate while dining at Toby Carvery.

The dinner guest was enjoying a meal at the Chelmsford restaurant on Dukes Lane near to Chelmer Village on Friday night (September 28), when she saw a caterpillar, initially thought to be a maggot, in her gravy.

She posted her shock on social media, saying: "Just to let everyone know, I would not eat in Chelmsford Toby Carvery as I found a big maggot in my food.

"Not what I expect when I go out for a meal, disgusting. I won’t be going back there again.

"If anyone wants to share the post then feel free as I think people should know."

The post has since been shared 6,000 times and has 60 comments on it at the time of writing.

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Toby Carvery have since said that the 'maggot' is in fact a caterpillar and will tell their staff to be "extra vigilant".

A Toby Carvery spokesperson said: “We apologise to any guests who have heard about this incident and want to assure them that we take food safety standards very seriously.

"All of our vegetables and salad items are washed before cooking but we will remind our team to be extra vigilant when dealing with fresh produce.

Toby Carvery say the extra guest was a caterpillar

"Although it is extremely rare to find caterpillars in produce, we appreciate guests may have been concerned and we want to take the opportunity to reassure them that maintaining high food safety standards is very important to all at Toby Carvery.”

It is claimed that the incident is going to be investigated by the local authority.